Arc-lamp cleaner.



L. WIPFLEE. 41w LAMP CLEANER; APPLICATION FILED MAB. 31,1910.

Patented Jan-10, 191 1.

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LOUIS WIPFLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ARG-LA1VIP CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

Application filed March 31, 1910. Serial N 0,552,615.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS WVIPFLER, a citizen of the United States,residing in New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Arc-Lamp Cleaners,of which the following is a speclfication.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in arclamp cleaners and more particularly to cleaners for cleaning the carbondust from the burner end of the lamp, the object being to provide acleaner which is so constructed that the same can be readily placed overthe burner of the lamp in such a manner that by revolving the cleaner,the carbon dust will be removed and collected in the receptacle formingpart of the brush, whereby the dust will be prevented from dropping orbeing inhaled by the operator of the cleaner.

A further object of my invention is to provide a cleaner which isexceedingly cheap and simple in construction and one in which thebrushes are adjustably mounted to suit different sizes and styles of arclamps.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a cleaner in whichthe brushes are mounted within a cylindrical receptacle having a handlefor operating the same, said brushes being so arranged that when thevessel is placed over the lamp the brushes will remove the carbon dustwhich collects on the burner.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in the novel featuresofconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fullydescribed and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification:l igure l is a sideelevation of my improved cleaner. Fig. 2 is a vertical section throughthe same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a detail horizontalsection taken on line 44 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out my improved invention I employ a tapering cylindricalvessel A having an annular flange A and provided with tubular handle Bhaving threaded bosses B, B in its opposite sides in which are mountedset screws 0 for the purpose later described. The bottom of the vessel Ais provided with an opening which'communicates with an opening in thehandle, and in which is mounted the handle D of a brush E which islocked in its adjusted position therein by the thumb-screw C, so thatthe same can be readily adjusted vertically, so as to throw the bristlesof the brush any distance desired from the top of the vessel to suitdifferent styles of lamps.

Openings are formed in the opposite sides of the brush in which aremounted eyes F provided with threaded shanks F carrying wing nuts F forclamping the handle portion G of brushes G therein-which normally restagainst the inner face of the cylinder as clearly shown, and it will beseen by this construction the brushes G can also be adjusted. Thebrushes G are preferably formed of wire twisted together having thebristles secured therein by twisting the same, but it is of courseunderstood that any other form of brush can be readily used if desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. An arc lamp cleaner comprising ahandle carrying a vessel, a central brush adjustably mounted therein,and oppositely disposedbrushes adjustably mounted therein.

2. Anarc lamp cleaner comprising a handle having a collecting vesselmounted thereon, a central cleaning brush adjustably mounted within saidvessel and secured in its adjusted position by thumb screws, and brushesmounted on the inner sides of said vessels.

3. An arc lamp cleaner comprising a handle having a vessel arranged atone end, said handle having an opening communicating with an openingformed in the bottom of the vessel and provided with threaded bossescarrying thumb-screws, a brush provided with a handle extending into theopening of the first mentioned handle and secured therein by saidthumb-screws, eyes provided with threaded shanks mounted in openingsformed in the sides of the vessel carrying thumb-nuts, and brushesmounted in said eyes.

LOUIS VVIPFLER.

